June 2022 Flash Challenge, Day 30 “Tell my dad…,” But, you’re my son…, why can’t he say the words? ### Clark looks out the flight tower window again. It’s going to bad one; the black sky is fat with storm clouds. As if 497 needed more things to go wrong. They’d lost two engines in… Continue reading Flight 497
Tag: Tragedy
Come and Get Me
June 2022 Flash Challenge, Day 25 I sit at the dining room table and blow on my coffee, pretending I’ve not already noticed the damn date 37 times this morning. I chose to sit here this morning because it was one of the only rooms without a calendar. It is always a rough day. I… Continue reading Come and Get Me
Louisa’s Story
June 2022 Flash Challenge, Day 23 I was worried about Stuart. Everyone says twins are supposed to be alike, but we were fraternal twins; while we were alike in many ways, we were also different. Stuart had been the sensitive one. I was worried about him. When I walked through the door, I had hoped… Continue reading Louisa’s Story
Classroom
June 2022 Flash Challenge, Day 22 “I tell you, it’s today.” “You say that every day, Stuart,” Julia says. He does think a lot of days are the anniversary; maybe he feels guilty about Louisa. She was his twin. Perhaps he wishes he had gone with her. I study the light in the room. Stuart… Continue reading Classroom
Loopers
June 2022 Flash Challenge, Day 5 “Damn!” Again. It happens again; my rope doesn’t hold, and my right thigh rockets into the boulder again, breaking my leg cleanly and pushing two ends of the femur through the back of my thigh. Again. The pain is the most excruciating sensation I’ve ever known, and for the… Continue reading Loopers
The White Elephant
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 40 “So how about a cup of tea?” the man says. “I think I’d prefer a beer!” she says. The man looks surprised. – “Yes! Let’s get a beer! It’s so hot out today; a beer will taste great.” “Mmm,” she says. He drives to their favorite place, The… Continue reading The White Elephant
Stories by Shawn 